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Size | 7 items |
Abstract | Benson John Lossing (1813-1891) was an author, editor, wood-engraver, and popularizer of American history. The collection includes an autobiographical sketch (36 pages), 1882, of Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809-1889), native of Massachusetts, astronomer, professor at the University of Alabama, and president of the University of Mississippi and Columbia University; three letters, 1871 and 1872, to Lossing from Cornelia Phillips Spencer, North Carolina writer, about teaching her daughter to draw, subscribers in North Carolina for a historical magazine Lossing was starting, and mailing manuscripts; and two letters, 1859, 1862, to Lossing from Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891) about publishing biographies and other matters. |
Creator | Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Benson John Lossing (1813-1891) was an author, editor, wood-engraver, and popularizer of American history. Lossing was at one point in correspondence with Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard apparently regarding the possible publication of a biographical work featuring Barnard.
Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter) Barnard (1809-1889), native of Massachusetts, was educated in New York and New England. He was an astronomer, professor at the University of Alabama, and president of the University of Mississippi and Columbia University.
Back to TopThe collection includes an autobiographical sketch (36 pages), 1882, of Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard apparently prepared at the request of Benson John Lossing; three letters, 1871 and 1872, to Lossing from Cornelia Phillips Spencer, North Carolina writer, about teaching her daughter to draw, subscribers in North Carolina for a historical magazine Lossing was starting, and mailing manuscripts; and two letters, 1859, 1862, to Lossing from Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891) about publishing biographies and other matters.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1859-1872 |
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Folder 2 |
Autobiography of Frederick A. P. Barnard, 1882 |